Voices of the Fraser River – A Colorado valley fights for its river
Voices of the Fraser River presents six diverse voices describing the importance of keeping Colorado’s Fraser River flowing and healthy. Denver wants this water and the residents of the Fraser Valley want Denver to hear their stories. The Fraser River flows through Winter Park and is one of the main tributaries to the Upper Colorado [...]
Return of the American Bison
On March 19, 2012, 63 genetically-pure Yellowstone bison were rounded up in a holding facility near Yellowstone National Park and relocated to the Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine reservation in northeast Montana. For the first time in more than 100 years, pure wild bison returned to their historic range. For the Native people it was [...]
Tapped Out – The Upper Colorado on the Brink
Tapped Out – The Upper Colorado on the Brink
In Colorado, most of the population in Denver and other Front Range cities rely on water diverted through pipelines and tunnels from the Upper Colorado River on the west side of the Continental Divide. Today, most of that water is used to water lawns and gardens. Two new diversions are planned, which will siphon up to 80 percent of the Upper Colorado’s waters. Explore the dilemma of how to provide water to millions without killing the West’s most storied river.
Teton Canyon – A Wild Legacy at Risk
In 1976, a controversial dam on Idaho’s Teton River failed spectacularly, flooding downstream cities and killing 11 people. Three decades later, plans to rebuild the dam have met with stiff resistance from an unusual collection of opponents. Take a trip down this wild river with The Story Group and witness the gorgeous canyon that people want to preserve.
Plight of the Pronghorn
A herd of pronghorn, North America’s fastest land animal, migrates from Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park into the Upper Green River Valley each year, the longest terrestrial migration in the lower 48. An explosion of natural gas development threatens this ancient migration corridor – and has spurred efforts to preserve it.
Still Howling Wolf
Since the reintroduction of the gray wolf into the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem, people from around the region have had to learn to live with this predator. Hear from those who live closest to the wolf to see what it’s like to come to terms with canis lupus.
Beyond Coal: Citizen Activists Fight Big Coal
For two years running, one of the more interesting environmental stories in the United States is something that hasn’t happened: the construction of new coal-fired electricity-generating plants. Four mini-documentaries highlight the efforts of citizens in four western states to stop proposed coal-fired plants in their areas.
Fossil Foolishness – Utah’s Pursuit of Tar Sands and Oil Shale
Oil shale and tar sands are inefficient sources for fossil fuel, but energy companies continue to pursue ways to make them commercially viable. New attempts to process oil shale and tar sands in Utah, however, will meet with a cruel reality: there may not be enough water for commercial development in the country’s second-most arid [...]
Energy in the West
From New Mexico to Montana, rampant oil and gas development is having a profound effect on the landscape and on Western communities. Hear from people who live on the land and with the boom.
The Blue Nile’s Bridge to Hope
In Ethiopia, villagers living above the Blue Nile River gorge were cut off from roads, towns, school and markets by the raging river. An ancient footbridge with a storied past had been broken for decades, until Ken Frantz and his group Bridges to Prosperity built a new footbridge — and improved the lives of thousands [...]
Young, All-American, Illegal
Undocumented kids thrive in the U.S. — until they turn 18 and the law cracks down. While Congress struggles with immigration reform, the lives of thousands of young people who came to this country as children hang in the balance. In this multimedia feature for High Country News, we examine the struggles of several young [...]
The Other Lost Boys of Sudan
Produced for the U.N.’s Gender Standby Capacity Project in Sudan, this first of six videos looks at a school purposely designed to serve the needs of street boys, identified by the project as a population at risk. As the program states, “Only when we analyze the needs and capacities of women, girls, boys and men, [...]